Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.
By Luis J. Rodriguez
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ISBN: 9781666584929
The bestselling memoir about a Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East L.A.--By age twelve, Luis Rodriguez was a veteran of East L.A. gang warfare. Before long, Rodriguez saw a way out of the barrio through education and successfully broke free from years of violence and desperation. Achieving success as an award-winning poet, he was sure the streets would haunt him no more, until his son joined a gang. Rodriguez fought for his child by telling his own vivid story.
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The bestselling memoir about a Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East L.A.--By age twelve, Luis Rodriguez was a veteran of East L.A. gang warfare. Before long, Rodriguez saw a way out of the barrio through education and successfully broke free from years of violence and desperation. Achieving success as an award-winning poet, he was sure the streets would haunt him no more, until his son joined a gang. Rodriguez fought for his child by telling his own vivid story.Author
Author Bio: Luis J. Rodriguez
Luis J. Rodriguez began writing in his early teens and has won national recognition as a poet, journalist, fiction writer, children’s book writer, and critic. Currently working as a peacemaker among gangs on a national and international level, Rodriguez helped create Tia Chucha’s Café & Centro Cultural, a multiarts, multimedia cultural center in the Northeast San Fernando Valley.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Runtime: | 10.57 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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